Stay tuned for next week’s part II of Puerto Rico. Ken and Lisa leave Puerto and we see Carlton lend support.
What happened to Lisa in Puerto Rico was just WRONG. There is no justification or two ways about it. It seems that everyone has their own personal issues with Lisa. Brandi feels dissed, used, betrayed, and cast aside, Kyle feels betrayed, Yolanda feels Lisa has not invested much into the friendship, and Kim feels dismissed (speaking of Kim, somebody needed to slap Kingsley's muzzle on that trap. What the hell is her deal?) Fair enough: everyone has a God’s given right to feel what they feel. However, deciding to discuss it whilst on holiday was purely wrong. I think the most appropriate approach would have been to meet with Lisa (individually) BEFORE traversing to Puerto Rico. Clear the air and enjoy the holiday would have been ideal. Why was this NOT the road taken is up for debate. Also, I wish Bravo would have been fair and showed Yolanda having a one on one conversation with Lisa right after they got off the bus on the way to dinner that night. The conversation went well and things were resolved. Bravo is bitch for not painting the full picture of what happened the night of the Dinner from Hell. As far as the Tabloid in Brandi’s Suitcase Caper, 73% of viewers believe Lisa and feels that Brandi is lying. I am part of that 73%. This too could have been discussed BEFORE or immediately AFTER the Palm Springs trip (so not to ruin the holiday) and not months later in Puerto Rico. I knew this episode was going to be very hard to watch, so when it aired I refused and watched Gilligan’s Island instead. (And by the way, if the castaways had tied Gilligan to a tree they would have gotten off that island a long time ago instead of 15 years later. That dude messes up EVERYthing.) Then the episode aired for a second time that night and I watched. Whoa. All I can say is I felt genuine pain for Lisa and felt like crying my kitty eyes out. Watching it made ME want to take a few tokes off a cigarette too! Very hard to watch. In fact, that night I tossed and turned, resulting in a very unpleasant night’s sleep. I woke up feeling as though I was run over by a wheat baling tracker.
Stay tuned for next week’s part II of Puerto Rico. Ken and Lisa leave Puerto and we see Carlton lend support.
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THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN A DAY BEFORE THE PUERTO RICO EPISODE AIRED. MANY HAVE SAID MY COMMENTARY IS SPOT ON TO WHAT WAS AIRED THE NEXT DAY. Many viewers watching this season are miffed and confused about the Brandi-Lisa friendship. Season 2 ushered in Brandi Glanville (the underdog) who is befriended by Lisa Vanderpump (the fan favourite). It was delightful to see this mismatched pair get on so wonderfully. By season 3, the duo’s friendship had solidified into an unbreakable bond. However, this season of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills their friendship deteriorates into a ball of suspicion and angst. Not surprisingly, both women have their own perception about events leading up to the fall-out. Let’s take a look at both sides of the coin. Lisa’s Point of View: Lisa truly loved Brandi and felt deeply hurt and betrayed by Brandi's actions. Season 2, Brandi was the outcast and snubbed by the cast mates. Initially, Lisa was hesitant about Brandi due to her affiliation with Cedric. But during a group trip to Hawaii, a friendship began to develop. She did not want Brandi to be ostracised and treated poorly by the other cast mates. During season 3, when Kyle invited Lisa to Portia’s birthday party, Lisa encouraged Brandi to “mend fences” with Kyle. Going to the party would give Brandi the opportunity to put her best foot forward. Lisa’s intention was for Brandi to gain acceptance with the rest of the ladies. Brandi was still grieving over her divorce and undergoing the stress of trying to provide for her 2 sons. Lisa wanted to be as accessible and supportive as she possibly could. Each morning Brandi received a phone call from Lisa, where she gave advice, guidance, and encouragement. Ken was also a strong support. He felt badly for her because she was "alone and on her own" with no husband or boyfriend. Ken felt very protective over Brandi and during Adrienne’s threat of a lawsuit, Ken stood up for her during the White Party confrontation. After being such a good friend to Brandi, Lisa felt devastated by Brandi’s public attacks against her. Season 4, viewers see Lisa continuing to be compassionate and helpful . Brandi is depressed and resorts to drinking to excess, Chica [Brandi’s dog] goes missing, Brandi breaks her hand during a boxing workout—Lisa is there to comfort and give her guidance through it all. Brandi’s Point of View: Brandi feels used and abused. Season 3 wraps, the reunion show filmed, and the off season starts: The off season (Sept. 2012 – March 2013) is when the issues began. Season 3, Brandi commented on how much she liked Lisa’s morning phone calls. But (according to Brandi) after season 3 wrapped and the off-season began, Lisa’s morning phone calls stopped without warning or explanation. Brandi felt ditched and confused and began to wonder if Lisa is only her friend when the cameras are rolling. This is also during the time when Brandi and Yolanda's friendship becomes stronger. Yolanda was bedridden and battling Lyme’s and Brandi was the only cast member who regularly made the trip to Malibu, sat with Yolanda, gave her tea, and was there for her during some of her darkest days. By the time season 4 began taping, the Brandi-Yolanda friendship was true blue, tight like glue. Also, Brandi feels that Lisa’s sense of humour is mean spirited. Lisa poking fun at Brandi makes her feel inadequate and self-conscious about her short comings. She feels that Lisa takes cheap shots whilst laughing “at” her and not “with” her. By the end of season 3, Brandi began to feel like a subordinate. In NW Magazine, she says, “I really trusted Lisa. I’ll always love her, but I want an apology. I feel like I was becoming her sidekick and I needed to find myself.” Lastly, Brandi is upset over that fact that Lisa kept Scheana [ex-mistress of Brandi’s ex-husband] as an employee at SUR. Brandi claims that Lisa made sure Scheana was around Brandi whilst cameras were rolling for the purposes of helping Scheana gain publicity and to help Lisa acquire her spin-off show, Vanderpump Rules. Brandi tells NW Magazine, “I thought I had done my part by talking to her [Sheana] in the first place. I wanted Lisa to get her show. But then to find out Lisa is like her second mother and there are plans to help her [Sheana] get a spin-off show?” Brandi also argues that Lisa manipulated her into doing Lisa’s “dirty work” by agitating Adrienne and Kyle during seasons 2 and 3. She also asserts that Lisa would plant the seeds knowing Brandi would react and confront whomever Lisa was at odds with. The Tide Turns Before Season 4 airs:Unsuspecting viewers had no idea that a split had formed; but, if you were conscientious you would have known there was a fall-out in the midst. Before the season aired November 4, Brandi voiced her opinions in the media and on Twitter. August 2013: During the filming of the Puerto Rico episode (which airs tomorrow), reportedly there was an argument between Lisa and Yolanda. Lisa temporarily un-followed Yolanda on Twitter, and then later re-followed. Brandi tweeted, “If un-following some1 on FB or Twitter is ur way of dealing with, really anything!! Especially friendships, ur WEAK & probably crooked as fuck.” September 2013: Brandi appeared on Bethenny and stated, “This season it unfolds that she [Lisa] is very manipulative and everyone serves a purpose.” October 14, 2013: Brandi tweeted, “She [Lisa] plays more games than my children.” October 21, 2013: Brandi tells Extra, “It really just comes to, was she using me this whole time to get ahead in something else? Some things that I found out that were really disappointing, and when the cards were down for me, she wasn't really there. It's actually super sad. I just hope that we can reconcile at some point. I miss her and I love her. I just want to make sure our friendship is really real, and I'm not just a pawn in some sort of bigger deal." Kitty Commentary I don’t give a damn if Lisa dropped kicked Chica in the chest. Brandi should have NEVER EVER handled her discord with Lisa the way she did. No matter how used and abused Brandi felt, you never publically attack and try and humiliate a friend. Let’s put this into perspective. If Lisa was a mediocre, never really there for her, lukewarm kind of a friend, I guess Brandi’s actions wouldn't seem that bad (I guess). But Lisa wasn't that kind of friend at all. She really WAS there for Brandi and put her neck and reputation on the line by maintaining a friendship with Brandi whilst the other women were in utter disgust with her behaviour. So…..Brandi should have had the decency to go directly TO Lisa and express exactly what was bothering her. Instead, Brandi avoids Lisa altogether but tells others about her feelings instead of the person who she’s angry at. I'm stunned by this lack of integrity. Brandi needs to remember when she first came limping into Beverly Hills on some raggedy arse crutches, beat up and broke down. Then she needs to remember how Ken and Lisa were TRULY there for her. I’m not saying she should deny the way she feels, but I do think she should remember how special the friendship was. Remembering the good will ground you when it’s time to have those tough "I-feel-that-you-did-me-wrong" kind of conversations.
The way she publically threw shade on Lisa is simply disgusting. What's really strange is how Brandi would simultaneous open up a can of public whup arse on Lisa, but then turn around and say she loves Lisa and that their friendship is just going through a little "hiccup". WTF? That's some laughing whilst you're stabbing kind of psycho mess. And, it seems at this point Brandi has a vendetta against her! Slanderous bankruptcy allegations and hinting around that Lisa had a hand in deporting Cedric. She’s making it seem like Lisa is one of the Mob Wives or something. There are clearly two polar sides to this dynamic, but its evident viewers are not pleased with how things were handled. Brandi has received tremendous backlash on Twitter and on her Bravo blog. Coincidentally, right before her book was to be released, Brandi became very kind to her Twitter followers. I suppose after it sells she'll go back to telling them all to "fuck off". I've been watching the show since the beginning, but this season was very hard to watch. Before the season aired, I knew Brandi had publically turned on Lisa so I girded my kitty loins as the season unfolded. I tell you one thing; Season 5 will begin taping in a month or so and I sure do hope we've seen the last of Volcano Vag. During her recent podcast broadcast, Brandi made an outrageous claim about Ken and Lisa, “On our show, there are certain people who want to project this perfect persona like there’s nothing wrong in the world. Like Lisa Vanderpump used to live deep in the Valley and was filing for bankruptcy, and she doesn’t want to talk about that. That’s interesting to me.” Wow. Soon after, Lisa tweeted, “My husband and I NEVER filed bankruptcy. That is slander and damaging. Also, Calabasas ‘deep in the valley’ never lived.” Ken tweeted, “I have never filed bankruptcy in my life. Slander is illegal. Please retract.” In other words, you’re about to be sued if you don’t recant what you said, ya big dummy. Two days later….Brandi comes shuffling in doing the Back Peddle Boogey. Today she tells Eonline, “The one thing I do want to clear up is that I don't know if Lisa and Ken lived in Calabasas and filed for bankruptcy." Wait a minute. Brandi sure did “know” BEFORE she received Ken’s pre-litigious tweet, but now all of a sudden, she DOESN’T know? If things weren’t sketchy enough, Brandi then throws her new BFF under (a moving) RHOBH bus by saying, “Kyle Richards told me, I looked it up and on this site where you pay $9.99 it said yes, they lived off Mulholland drive in Calabasas.” If Kyle was trying to be sneaky and talk crap behind Lisa’s back, she sure as hell picked the WRONG person to be sneaky with! Everybody knows that Babbling Brooks Brandi can’t keep a secret. She blabbed on her podcast then when faced with a crushing blow of a law suit, she quickly ratted Kyle out. And by the way, Kyle is always crying about how she wants to “patch things up with Lisa”. It sure doesn’t appear as though she’s travelling down the road to redemption to me. How's that patch work working for ya? In her interview Brandi goes on to say, “I think they're really upset about the bankruptcy thing, but I was just repeating something Kyle had told me.” Yes, Brandi. Of course they’re distraught over the “bankruptcy thing”. To make a false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation is called slander and that’s exactly what you did. Why WOULDN’T it be upsetting? Her next statement is what blew my kitty wig off, “Even if they did file, is that a bad thing? Who cares? A lot of people do it. I hope they never did, but if they did, who cares? I love Lisa, but we have our issues. And you will see them on the reunion" You LOVE Lisa??? With “love” like that, who in bloody hell needs Shady Boots Shenanigans! The interview ends with this creepy sentence, “But she has a place in my heart, for sure." Oh my god, where? In the Black Hole Abyss part of your heart? I’m sorry but I’m at the point where Brandi is beginning to really creep me out. Brandi's pattern of behavior and reasoning (or lack thereof) is unexplainable: Back stab, cry victim, and claim love for the person you just back stabbed? Kyle and Brandi have to know by now that their hopes of getting back into Lisa’s good graces are as probable as Kim getting her own spin-off.
***UPDATE*** 2/13/2014 Kyle released this statement via Facebook "In response to Brandi's comment re Lisa & Ken ....Brandi must have misunderstood an innocuous conversation we had in which we discussed the fact that Ken himself had made a speech at a party in their home where he said that he and Lisa had owned businesses and properties in Calabasas and discussed the course of their journey . This was not "classified" information. The other claim made did not come up in this conversation and is not something I have heard . For all the issues that Lisa and I continue to work through , I have tremendous respect for the hard work and success they have achieved in their life together." First of all, Brandi didn't misunderstand a bloody thing. Her motives are clear: do anything to discredit Lisa. She took some harmless information and twisted it into lies in attempts to make Lisa "look bad". This is where Brandi's lack of intelligence is evident. She had no idea her lies would have repercussions. Did she think Lisa and Ken would be okay with any of this? Did she think the results of slanderous statements WOULDN'T become litigious? When the threat of a law suit was apparent, she then decided to blame it all on Kyle. Wow....did she think Kyle was just going to keep quiet and take all the heat? I think it is safe to say, Brandi is just straight up frighteningly recklessly delusional with no regard for anyone or anything other than maybe her kids and some wine. If Kyle knows what's good for her--she'd run as far and fast as she could, away from Miss Hotmess-ness On a Stick. No good ever comes from closely associating with Brandi Glanville. Yesterday we were all on pins and needles (and tacks, tooth picks, and staples for that matter) waiting to hear news about season 4's reunion show taping. Later that night the show wrapped and tweets started coming in: A smiling Joyce tweeted a pic of herself holding Giggi, "Best Moment of the night with this gorgeous star! Reunion wrap!" This morning she tweeted, "My sweet tweetie lovers! Reading All your tweets is so beautiful! Thank you! All I can say about yesterday is that it was a very long day and I wish you could see ALL of it! No regrets! Spoke my mind! And stayed true to myself! I love you all! Xoxo" To me, it seems as though Joyce fared well during taping. One thing I noticed about Joyce is her precision and the capability at word recall (verbatim) from previous conversations. And, the ability to skillfully prove her point. Um, um, um....poor Dead Head Brandi didn't stand a chance, did she? Last night Yolanda tweeted a pic of a beautiful bouquet of flowers and card given to her by her husband David Foster. The card reads "Dear baby, congratulations on making it through the day. Lets party! Love your husband" Yolanda then tweeted, "Thank you my love @officialdfoster blessed to have the brain power back to do so! #RHOBHReunion" Last year's reunion was Yolanda's first and she had difficulty remembering incidents that were filmed 8 months prior. But THIS year, Yolanda has had a 20% increase in brain function. Apparently issues were discussed and resolved (as much as they could be I suppose). Yolanda tweeted, " The truth was prevailed, some mistakes acknowledged & apologies were made! #RHOBHReunion #HappyToMoveOn" The question remains, which "truth prevailed"? The ladies have their own individual perspectives on incidents and issues. Kyle tweeted, "I'm alive!" And cucko bird Kim has yet to tweet thus far about the reunion. Carlton has not tweeted thus far either. This morning, Lisa tweeted her gratitude for all the support she has received, "Thank you for all the tweets." But her tweets had a different focus other than the reunion. There is something pretty shady going on with Brandi and @RadarOnline. A few days ago, Hallowed Heart Brandi spewed lies claiming that Lisa filed bankruptcy years ago and used to "live in the valley". Radar Online then supported and publicised these untruths. Lisa tweeted, " I never normally respond to negative stories @radar_online needs to retract this one...My husband and I NEVER filed bankruptcy. That is slander and damaging. Also, Callabassas "deep in the valley" never lived there also. I have no need to fabricate the extraordinary journey which my husband and I have taken." "It's an attack on my character. What cast mates say about me I have no control over. However, @radar_online needs to be responsible #Slander ." When you're ambitious and successful, there will always be someone (Brandi) or something (trash mag) giving all they have to chip away at who they are envious of. In this case, it's Lisa. But what they fail to realise is the fact that Lisa has more supporters and well wishers on her side than there are of small bitter envious people. She will always come out on top because lies are weighted with bullshit and always sink to the bottom. Okay...back to the reunion recap. Gutter Bucket Brandi took to Twitter after the reunion wrapped and tweeted, " Im exhausted ! @JenniferGimenez @PeterMarkSalon @Markhasche saved my life today! Goodnight! Thats all. I want my mommy and daddy and my Gaygent--goodnight" Translation: Brandi got her pickled arse tore UP at the reunion! Joyce rapid fired total recall verbiage and facts at Brandi quicker than she could pop a Zanax and say, "Hey, I fight back!" Lisa poignantly broke down Brandi's shady behaviour, leaving her nowhere to hide. Yolanda expressed how she felt about Brandi's twitter tantrum whilst Yolanda was on Watch What Happens Live. Lastly, Carlton was not silent about how Brandi played a bitch move and waited until Carlton left the dinner to talk badly about her. OK.....So the reunion is being taped. Let's now visualise the montage of Brandi's M.O. as her cast mates call her on her shit. #1) First, her voice rose 2 octaves higher as she defended herself with justifications and excuses. #2) When that didn't work, she threw out some f-bombs, pouted, and threw more f-bombs again. #3) When THAT didn't work...she resorted to the old favourite: Water Works Wonderland. Her stiff and embalmed botoxed face crinkled and tuned up (as much as it was able to) and tears flowed as she waited for Yolanda to pat her back. Not sure she got that pat, though. And mark my words, I bet she limped off stage at one point. During the taping, Andy tweeted, " Still shooting #RHOBHReunion - all I can say is, I would've made a damn good therapist : -) " Hell, maybe HE patted Brandi's back.
After the taping concluded, Andy tweeted, " Oh LORD we JUST wrapped #RHOBHReunion - it is a DOOZY. Very emotional." Woo! That's just about enough to make my whiskers curl. The season final airs Feburary 24. That is the infamous Puerto Rico episode where it goes DOWN! The reunion show will air either the same night as the finale or the following week. It looks like Brandi Glanville has once again gone on a Twitter Tantrum. Last week she threw Yolanda Foster under the #RHOBH bus. This week it’s Lisa Vanderpump’s turn. The rift all started when Lisa appeared on Watch What Happens Live last night. Questions were asked regarding Lisa's attempt at getting Brandi to be cordial towards Scheana at Ken and Mauricio’s birthday dinner. Scheana tweeted that previously she had brunch with Brandi at Villa Blanca “but then there’s an issue again. I’m done trying.” Lisa said to Andy, “That’s true, they did have brunch together, but after tonight I don’t ever think they should cross paths again.” With that, Brandi’s head spins around and goes on a Twitter Tantrum Freak-Out. Brandi Glanville @andy RU FUCKING sereious LV?? U kept her away from me at SUR but then surprised me with her at Kens Bday!! Calling BS on u LV -C u Friday Brandi Glanville @BrandiGlanville @andy after I asked LV please no more??Not cool. Brandi Glanville @BrandiGlanville @LisaVanderpump U celebrate,LOVE,take under ur wing,throw party's 4a chick that fucks married men with pregnant wives but asks Kristen 2 go? Brandi Glanville @BrandiGlanville @andy 1last thing the ONLY reason I went to Sur is because @JLJeffLewis double asked me to walk over from @craigsla and I heart him so I did Whoa Nelly……It’s apparent that Brandi is holding some serious grudges against Lisa. Here’s a brief break down: (1) Brandi has made it clear that Lisa should have fired Scheana—which makes NO sense whatsoever. So Lisa is supposed to fire an employee who has worked for her LONG before Lisa and Brandi ever met. Not to mention, said employee is one of Lisa’s best servers of 6 years. Fire her for what? Whatever went down between Eddie/Scheana/Brandi has NOTHING to do with Lisa, the operations of her restaurant and the employment of her staff. What Brandi needs to do is stay her ass away from SUR and Villa Blanca and go grab a Fat Burger and eat it on someone's stoop. (2) Brandi is incensed by the whole “mothering” thing. Lisa shows concerned, yet Brandi finds this act of kindness highly “frustrating”. According to Brandi, Lisa’s mothering is actually quite sinister in nature. During her segment interview, Brandi states, “I think Lisa wants other people to hear her mothering me and telling me to do the right thing or go do something. I don’t understand her motives exactly, except to make me feel like shit.” So Lisa doesn't really care for you, she just wants people to THINK she cares about you. #TwiggaPlease. Put the wine bottle down and drink some much needed water. Did Brandi have that theory back in season 2 when she came limping into Beverly Hills on ratchet ass crutches, unknown and friendless? Lisa took Brandi under her wing and mothered her from the start. Was Brandi "irritated" then? Not in the slightest. In fact, seasons 2 and 3, Brandi speaks fondly of Lisa showing concern and mentoring her. Back then she was riding on Lisa's rose coloured coat tails praying for some relevancy. She has it now and doesn't need Lisa anymore. What a crumb. We have watched Brandi turn on every friend she’s had: Adrienne, Lisa, Yolanda, and now Carlton. In last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Carlton and Kyle have a heated argument. The minute Carlton and her husband excuse themselves from the dinner party, Shade Tree Brandi turns to Kyle and sticks knives, forks, and tooth picks in Carlton's back! Wait, aren't Carlton and Brandi friends? Didn't they lock lips in the Jacuzzi? Doesn't Carlton defend Brandi throughout this season? Well, let’s see what Brandi has to say about this. Today, Brandi tweets: “Just because I didn't agree with the fight between @CarltonGebbia13 and @KyleRichards18 doesn't mean I love Carlton any less. I heart her!!” That’s classic gutter heart Brandi. She never acknowledges or owns up to the grimy things she does. Disagreeing with someone is one thing, but talking mad crap about someone is entirely different. That was delusion, now here are the facts. When Carlton leaves, Brandi turns to Kyle and says, “She’s being silly. She is. She’s looking for something that is not there. She was wrong.” THAT'S "disagreeing"? I could have sworn that was dirty dealings. Brandi then writes in her blog that Carlton really didn't want to be at the dinner anyway and was preoccupied with her phone the entire time. The bottom line, Brandi is just one messy chick. She has a motor mouth, is void of integrity and substance, and she’s dumber than a box of hair. Joyce’s vocabulary suffers at times due to the fact that English is not her first language, but what’s Brandi’s excuse?
The girls always go on a group holiday. This has become a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills tradition. Season 1, Adrienne invited the ladies to party in Vegas at the Palms. How can we forget Taylor's cotton candy seduction? I never knew one could actually have a torrid love affair with spun sugar. Season 2, Camille invites the girls to spend a ski week-end in Colorado. Lisa's sense of style certainly took first place in that group. But on the downside, Taylor goes totally bonkers, drinks, cries, climbs into Kim's suitcase and hides in the closet, drinks and cries some more. Later in the season, the ladies take a trip to Hawaii. Brandi was unknown and needed relevancy. During that trip, Lisa warms up to Brandi and unfortunately a "friendship" develops. Season 3, the girls take a trip to Paris where a newly "sober" Kim behaves as if she had downed a bottle of Crown Royal. But what had HAPPENED was....she wasn't drinking. She just accidentally "mixed up" her medications. Yeah, OK. This season, the girls go on holiday in Puerto Rico, but for the first time EVER--a housewife is NOT invited. Kyle and Joyce plans the trip but purposely excludes Carlton Gebbia from attending. Taylor and Russel were not invited to Hawaii, but that was different. Russel threatened lawsuits against the ladies. Who the hell wants to sip mai tais next to someone who's trying to take you to court? So understandably, Taylor was not invited due to legal reasons. If Carlton's exclusion wasn't grimy enough....... Lisa's holiday is totally ruined because she gets hood winked, ambushed, blindsided, and emotionally jumped by 3 of the women. Only thing missing is soap in a sock, really. Prior to the hatin' and shadin' in Puerto Rico, Brandi meets with Kyle and Kim to talk major shit about Lisa. By the time they get to Puerto Rico, the ladies are all hyped and chompin' at the bit to pounce. There is a lesson to be learned from this season: Keep your friends close and your devious stank skanks closer.
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